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WorksheetsCanterbury Tales Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 24mins
Where are the pilgrims going on their pilgrimage?
Tabard Inn
To the Host's House
Canterbury Cathedral
London
Why are the pilgrims going on the pilgrimage?
Guilt
Religious Devotion
Loneliness
Boredom
What does the pilgrim get if they win the contest?
Free dinner paid for by the pilgrims
A free nights stay at the Tabard Inn
An award from Thomas Beckett
Chaucer's approval
What is the point of the Wife of Bath's Tale?
To anger
To change the world
To make you sad
To humor
What is the Wife of Bath's philosophy on marriage?
To love equally
To be controlled by her husbands
To dominate her husbands
To have a job
What type of character is the knight?
Static
Dynamic
Soft
Funny
What favor does the knight have to fulfill after the old woman saves his life?
Work for her
Give her money
Go to jail
Marry her
The old woman offers the Knight a choice between....
Love and Hate
Beauty and Faithfulness
Sin and Purity
Good Manners and Good Deeds
What is the old woman's opinion on poverty?
It's only by luck who is rich and poor
Being poor is a sin
You should hate everyone who is poor
No one who is poor can succeed
From the Pardoner's Tale: What is a tavern-knave?
A slave
A serving-boy
A rioter
A pardoner
How does the tavern-knave feel the rioters should treat death?
He feels like should welcome Death
Fear Death
Treat Death with caution
Laugh at Death
Where are the three rioters when the tale begins?
The Tabard Inn
The Church
Under a tree
The Tavern
Where does the old man tell the rioters to go in order to find Death?
The Tavern
The Canterbury Cathedral
Under a tree
A party
What do the rioters find instead?
Treasure
Beer
Nothing
The Old Man
Which of the three rioters commits murder?
All of them
None of them
Only the one who goes into town
The two that stay behind
Death defeats the three rioters by appealing to.....
Emotion
Love
Hatred
Greed
What is the definition of allegory?
Using "like or "as" to compare two things.
A story/person/object that stands for abstract ideas
A story inside of a story
A character that goes through a significant change
